Boat driver charged in July accident

Joseph LeMaster Jr., 30, of Rochester, involved in a boating accident on Lake Orion in July, was arraigned before a magistrate on Sept. 12 at Rochester’s 3/2nd District Court. He was charged with one felony count of marine safety drunken driving and unlawful blood alcohol, causing serious injury. LeMaster was also charged with a misdemeanor […]

Resident says 5 years long enough to wait for house to be fixed up

Bill Deeg of Park Island is tired of looking at an abandoned house at South Broadway/Pelton’s Pointe. He told Lake Orion Village Council members on Sept. 8 it was an eyesore. “The village hasn’t acted on getting it fixed up or demolished,” he added. According to Deeg, he was informed by LO Village Manager JoAnn […]

LOHS tries Edline for better parent/school communication

If you’re grades aren’t good, all you have to do is hide your report card from your parents and they’ll never know. Think again. Thanks to Edline, parents with access to a computer can keep an eye on their Lake Orion High School children’s grades 24 hours a day. Edline is a private company that […]

Confusion over road ends not going away

Since a major influx of permanent residents occurred in the late 1960s, problems over property lines have escalated. Nowhere is there a bigger problem than village streets that end at the lake. Lake Orion Police Chief Jerry Narsh told council members on Sept. 8, his officers are responding to more disputes over village property lines. […]

Elaine’s Notes

I wrote several weeks ago about a parent protesting some of the food being served at her child’s school during renovations of the kitchen. So I think it’s only fair to write about a letter sent recently to Marla Ernst, the school district’s food service director. The writer’s kids go to Orion Oaks and she […]

Fall into fitness

Something is going to be different at Pine Tree Elementary School this year. Instead of selling candy, members of the PTO decided to host a Fall into Fitness Fun Run on Sept. 26. They hope their students will be able to raise $20,000. Monies raised will support teachers, purchase items for the school, helps the […]

GM/UAW seek tech partnership with schools

General Motors and UAW are willing to invest $250,000 into the Lake Orion and Pontiac School Districts. This first of its kind proposed partnership in the country was unveiled at the Sept. 10 school board meeting. “We’ll be exposing people to technology,” UAW-GM Skilled Trades Apprentice Chairman Andy Copland said. According to Copland, the two […]

Notes

Every year about this time members of Lost Lake Woods Club in Lincoln hit the road for a mini fall trip. Two years ago friend Carolyn and I went with them to see the Soo Locks. This year we joined 92 other people to view the Pictured Rocks in Munising. Although checking out a tourist […]

Employee arrested for credit union fraud

A woman flew back to the Lake Orion area from Texas last week to face charges of embezzlement and fraud at the Lakes Community Credit Union on North Park Blvd. Norma Davila, 29, waived her preliminary exam during her arraignment Rochester 3rd/2nd District Court. Her case now moves on to circuit court. Davila is free […]

Part-time job expands into handling finances for village

Even when she’s in bed, Jan Adams might be thinking about accounting “I wake up in the middle of the night and I’ll do the family budget,” the new financial director/treasurer of the Village of Lake Orion said. Adams, an Orion Township resident, was named to the position in July to replace Cathy Thorlakson who […]

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